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<p><span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Supreme Court Rules That Human Genes Cannot Be Patented</strong></span></p>
<p>June 13, 2013</p>
<p>CONTACT: Daniel B. Ravicher, Esq., (646) 470-2641; <a href="mailto:press@pubpat.org">press@pubpat.org</a></p>
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<p>WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court ruled today in a case that invalidates patents on two genes associated with hereditary breast and ovarian cancer. The case was brought by Professor Dan Ravicher of Cardozo School of Law along with the ACLU.</p>
<p>"Today the Supreme Court determined that there is no patent blocking on genetic diagnostic testing," Professor Ravicher said. "This completely removes that block, which is what we argued for."</p>
<p>He went on to say that the decision by the court will not prevent innovation in biotechnolgy, but it does mean that "nature is not patentable."</p>
<p>The lawsuit was filed by the Public Patent Foundation (PUBPAT), a non-profit patent reform organization affiliated with Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on behalf of researchers; genetic counselors; patients; breast cancer and women's health groups; and medical professional associations representing 150,000 geneticists, pathologists and laboratory professionals. The patents allowed a Utah company, Myriad Genetics, to control access to the genes, thereby enabling them to limit others from doing research or diagnostic testing of the genes.</p>
<p>“The Patent Office’s policy of granting companies complete control over portions of our bodies is both morally offensive and a clear violation of the law,” Ravicher said. “Genes are the foundation of life, they are created by nature, not by man, and that is why we asked the Supreme Court to make sure they are not controlled by corporations through the patent system.”</p>
<p>Justice Clarence Thomas wrote the opinion for the court which ruled that Myriad’s discovery of the precise location and sequence of the genes at issue, BRCA1 and BRCA2, did not qualify for patents. Justice Thomas wrote for the court, “A naturally occurring DNA segment is a product of nature and not patent eligible merely because it has been isolated.” The opinion goes on to say, “It is undisputed that Myriad did not create or alter any of the genetic information encoded in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes... Groundbreaking, innovative or even brilliant discovery does not by itself satisfy the criteria” for patent eligibility, he said.</p>
<p>The Court did say that manipulating a gene to create something not found in nature is an invention eligible for patent protection. That left the door open for other ways for companies to profit from their research. </p>
<p>Speaking about the case ACLU attorney Chris Hansen said, “Myriad did not invent the human genes at issue in this case, and they should not be allowed to patent them. The patent system was designed to encourage innovation, not stifle scientific research and the free exchange of ideas."</p>
<p>The patents granted to Myriad Genetics and the University of Utah Research Foundation gave them exclusive right to perform diagnostic tests on the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes and thus to control the medical care provided to hereditary breast and ovarian cancer patients and people at high risk for these diseases. Myriad's patent on the BRCA genes allowed it to set the terms and cost of testing, a situation that made it impossible for women to access alternate tests or get a comprehensive second opinion about their results. It also allowed Myriad to prevent researchers from looking at the genes without first getting permission.</p>
<p>The restrictions had a direct impact on patents. Kathleen Maxian of Buffalo, N.Y. is suffering from late-stage ovarian cancer that she believes could have been prevented. Her sister, who is a breast cancer survivor, obtained a test from Myriad that did not look for all known genetic mutations associated with cancer and was told she was negative for mutations. Years later, her sister learned that she did, in fact, have a BRCA genetic mutation—information that Maxian could have relied on to seek preventive surgery. Numerous labs across the country have stated that they are capable of providing this comprehensive screening and would do so were it not for Myriad’s patents. </p>
<p>“Women should not have to compromise their health because a private company controls their own genetic information,” said Sandra Park, staff attorney with the ACLU Women’s Rights Project. “Patients deserve the best available care, including access to testing and options for second opinions before making serious decisions about their health. These patents prevent them from getting that.”</p>
<p>Lisbeth Ceriani, a breast cancer survivor and plaintiff in the case, was faced with having to pay over $4,000 for Myriad’s testing to determine if she carried a genetic mutation associated with hereditary ovarian cancer, because Myriad had refused to enter into a contract with her insurance company. She was forced to wait 18 months before she was able to obtain the test through a grant, at which point she learned she did indeed carry a mutation.</p>
<p>“No woman should have to go through what I went through to take care of herself and her family,” said Ceriani. “My genes are my own. Knowledge about my own body shouldn’t belong to a corporation.” </p>
<p>The case is the first challenge brought to human gene patents in the U.S. Attorneys on the case include Ravicher and Sabrina Hassan of PUBPAT; and Hansen, Park, Lenora M. Lapidus and Steven R. Shapiro of the ACLU.</p>
<p>For more information on this case, please visit <a href="http://www.pubpat.org/brca.htm">http://www.pubpat.org/brca.htm</a>.</p>
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Thu, 08 Dec 2016 21:33:40 +0000jacqueline-reeves13031 at http://www.cardozo.yu.eduhttp://www.cardozo.yu.edu/news/professor-deborah-pearlstein-ap-obamas-war-powers-legacy#commentsProfessor Ed Zelinsky: The Three Fallacies of the Popular Votehttp://www.cardozo.yu.edu/news/professor-ed-zelinsky-three-fallacies-popular-vote
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<p><span style="font-size:16px;"><strong>The Three Fallacies of the Popular Vote</strong></span></p>
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<p>December 8, 2016 <a href="http://www.villagevoice.com/news/undocumented-teachers-and-students-fear-trumps-promise-of-mass-deportations-9429226">The Village Voice</a> - Immediately after graduating from college, Vanessa Luna moved from upstate New York to teach sixth-grade history in Los Angeles. She had always wanted to be a teacher, volunteering at youth camps as a teenager and later minoring in education. "I knew the power of education," she tells the Voice, "and wanted to make sure other kids were aware of it." In pursuit of her dream, Luna applied for Teach for America when she was a senior at SUNY Binghamton, and started teaching at PUC Charter Academy in Los Angeles the following autumn. One day, a student named Perla revealed that her father was being deported after an arrest for driving without a license. "That was the hardest moment, to see my student cry and tell me that her dad was told to leave the country," Luna says. "I couldn't tell her everything was going to be OK because that wasn't the case."</p>
<p><a href="http://www.villagevoice.com/news/undocumented-teachers-and-students-fear-trumps-promise-of-mass-deportations-9429226">Read more in The Village Voice. </a></p>
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<div class="field-item even"> &quot;People&#039;s concern and fear is reasonable, but if this man has an ounce of political sense, and that&#039;s a big if, then going after this most sympathetic group of immigrants who were brought here as children through no volition of their own, who have been productive members of society, simply should not be a priority,&quot; said Markowitz.</div>
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Thu, 08 Dec 2016 05:00:00 +0000jacqueline-reeves13033 at http://www.cardozo.yu.eduhttp://www.cardozo.yu.edu/news/professor-peter-markowitz-village-voice-undocumented-teachers-and-students-fear-trumps-promise#commentsProfessor Peter Markowitz Discusses Immigration Policy in The Nationhttp://www.cardozo.yu.edu/news/professor-peter-markowitz-discusses-immigration-policy-nation
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<p><em>From providing legal representation to investing in education, localities can help shield immigrants from Trump’s anti-immigrant agenda.</em></p>
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<p>December 4, 2016<b> - </b><a href="https://www.thenation.com/article/four-ways-cities-and-states-can-become-sanctuaries-now/">The Nation</a> -<b> </b>Donald Trump’s election signals the beginning of a potentially terrifying new era for immigrants across this country. The case for sanctuary is straightforward. When immigrants see local police as the gateway to immigration detention and deportation, they stop cooperating as witnesses and victims of crimes, and that makes everyone less safe. Progressives must respond by drawing a bright line between local, state and federal government, and pro-immigrant leaders must advance a positive vision of tolerance, welcoming, and equal opportunities for all.</p>
<p>Read more from Professor Markowitz in <a href="https://www.thenation.com/article/four-ways-cities-and-states-can-become-sanctuaries-now/">The Nation</a></p>
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<p>By Joy Diaz &amp; Laura Rice</p>
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<p>Listen to the full story below. <a href="http://www.texasstandard.org/stories/obama-has-the-chance-to-pardon-millions-of-children-without-documentation-will-he/">Read the story in Texas Standard. </a></p>
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<div class="field-item even">Peter Markowitz is the director of the Kathryn O. Greenberg Immigration Justice Clinic in New York. He wrote about whether Obama has the power to pardon millions of people without proper U.S. documentation for the New York Times. “President Obama can still act to bring humanity and justice to an immigration system notoriously lacking in both,” Markowitz wrote. “He can do so by using the power the Constitution grants him — and only him — to pardon individuals for ‘offenses against the United States.’”</div>
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Fri, 02 Dec 2016 18:57:54 +0000jacqueline-reeves13008 at http://www.cardozo.yu.eduhttp://www.cardozo.yu.edu/news/professor-peter-markowitz-appears-texas-standard-radio-whether-president-obama-can-pardon#comments"To Preserve Human Rights, Organizational Models Must Change" - Professor Edwin Rekosh on openDemocracy http://www.cardozo.yu.edu/news/preserve-human-rights-organizational-models-must-change-professor-edwin-rekosh-opendemocracy
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<p><span style="font-size:16px;"><strong>To Preserve Human Rights, Organizational Models Must Change</strong></span></p>
<p>By Edwin Rekosh</p>
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</tr></tbody></table><p>November 28, 2106 <a href="https://www.opendemocracy.net/openglobalrights/edwin-rekosh/to-preserve-human-rights-organizational-models-must-change">openDemocracy</a> - <span style="font-size: 13.008px;">The Trump victory represents the latest extension of global political trends that are putting human rights efforts on their back foot the world over.</span></p>
<p>The post-war international human rights legal framework and the neo-liberal ideology that drove economic globalization during the last quarter century are each premised on limiting national sovereignty. But sovereignty is fighting back—against both.</p>
<p>The consequences for the United States are currently the subject of much hand wringing, but significant damage has already been done elsewhere. And key targets in many countries have been the NGOs at the front lines of accountability to human rights principles.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.opendemocracy.net/openglobalrights/edwin-rekosh/to-preserve-human-rights-organizational-models-must-change">Read more on openDemocracy. </a></p>
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Mon, 28 Nov 2016 05:00:00 +0000jacqueline-reeves13001 at http://www.cardozo.yu.eduhttp://www.cardozo.yu.edu/news/preserve-human-rights-organizational-models-must-change-professor-edwin-rekosh-opendemocracy#commentsProfessor Gabor Rona Quoted In Washington Post Article About War Crimes In Yemenhttp://www.cardozo.yu.edu/news/professor-gabor-rona-quoted-washington-post-article-about-war-crimes-yemen
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<div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>November 16, 2016 - Professor Gabor Rona told the AP in an article published in the Washington Post that Saudi Arabia has committed war crimes in its nearly 2-year-old air campaign against Yemen's Shiite rebels, known as Houthis. "The Saudis have been committing war crimes in Yemen," he told the AP. He also warned that American personnel helping the coalition "may also be guilty of war crimes." According to the article, rights groups and U.N. officials say the U.S.-backed coalition has often either deliberately or recklessly depended on faulty intelligence, failed to distinguish between civilian and military targets and disregarded the likelihood of civilian casualties.</p>
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<p>Read more in the <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/us-backed-air-campaign-in-yemen-raises-war-crimes-questions/2016/11/16/d1595b56-abf3-11e6-8f19-21a1c65d2043_story.html">Washington Post.</a></p>
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Mon, 21 Nov 2016 17:52:32 +0000brian-stillman12938 at http://www.cardozo.yu.eduhttp://www.cardozo.yu.edu/news/professor-gabor-rona-quoted-washington-post-article-about-war-crimes-yemen#commentsCardozo Law's Business Law Program Named As One of Best in Country by preLaw Magazinehttp://www.cardozo.yu.edu/news/cardozo-laws-business-law-program-named-one-best-country-prelaw-magazine
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<div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><span style="font-size:16px;"><strong>Top Schools for Business and Corporate Law</strong></span></p>
<p><em>Cardozo Law received an A grade for its business and corporate law program. </em></p>
<p><a href="http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/cypress/prelaw_2016fall/#/48">preLaw Magazine Fall 2016</a> - More schools offer concentrations in business and corporate law than any other specialty.</p>
<p>And for good reason.</p>
<p>In its program overview, The University of Mississippi School of Law says, "In an increasingly competitive marketplace, the concentration provides an edge for students who have demonstrated their commitment to and interest in business law."</p>
<p>Students interested in specializing in business, corporate and banking law have many choices: 156 schools offer certificates or concentrations in these areas, and 67 scored a B+ or higher for the breadth of their curricular offerings. </p>
<p><a href="http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/cypress/prelaw_2016fall/#/48">Read more in preLaw magazine. </a></p>
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Fri, 18 Nov 2016 15:51:37 +0000jacqueline-reeves12929 at http://www.cardozo.yu.eduhttp://www.cardozo.yu.edu/news/cardozo-laws-business-law-program-named-one-best-country-prelaw-magazine#commentsProfessor Ekow Yankah Speaks to Huffington Post on "What Trump Stands For"http://www.cardozo.yu.edu/news/professor-ekow-yankah-speaks-huffington-post-what-trump-stands
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<div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><span style="font-size:16px;"><strong>Professor Ekow Yankah Speaks to Huffington Post on "What Trump Stands For"</strong></span></p>
<p>November 17, 2016 <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehBYOeEJhQY">The Huffington Post</a></p>
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